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Security software maker Panda, having revamped its leadership late last year, is ready to make big steps in market growth and is counting on its cloud security offering and an effort to nearly double channel players to make it happen.

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Federal Trade Commission member Pamela Jones Harbour, during a meeting with high-tech companies and privacy advocates, urged Apple and its rivals to make consumer privacy an integral -- and voluntary -- part of developing new products. The meeting was the second of three sessions organized by the FTC in advance of the agency's writing of bills aimed at regulating marketers' use of consumer data online.

Small and medium-size enterprises will shift from a survival mode into a more proactive business position this year, with greater technology use -- from cloud computing to social networking tools -- playing a prime role. Yet challenges remain for technology players and partners when it comes to closing the deal.

IT and security executives involved with industries ranging from finance to telecommunications to utilities are declaring cyberwar, facing widespread attacks that cost an average of $6.3 million, according to a McAfee report in conjunction with Center for Strategic and International Studies. IT executives globally are increasingly concerned about attacks, and 54% had experienced "stealthy infiltration" or "large-scale denial of service attacks by high level adversary like organized crime, terrorists or nation-state," the report found.

While the networking player's performance in the fourth quarter was better than analysts' expectations, with revenue of $941.5 million and $173.7 million in earnings, it reported profit for the full year was down 22%. But Juniper Networks leadership remains very optimistic. "We finished 2009 on a very strong note," said CEO Kevin Johnson, as the company's enterprise business sales rose 5% in the quarter from a year ago.

Intel has introduced its newest microprocessors built for desktop and laptop PCs, and boasting smaller transistors. The 32-nanometer chips arrive a year ahead of competitor AMD's planned chips, and are the first to include graphic capabilities for supporting high-definition video and 3D gaming.